……电话簿。”我一点没被影响。我记得后来有人问我是不是准备写个游戏。我就一脸茫然地看着他们说：“我要写个电话簿”。我今天才知道《Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours》是 Jesse Liberty 参与合写的，他是我一直以来最喜欢的技术书作者之一。《Programming C#, 2nd Edition》也是本神书。我也很喜欢逛数码科技店。我至今还留着苹果的所有宣传册……
…directory." Didn't phase me. I remember someone asking me later on if I was going to write a game. I just looked at them blankly and said: "I'm going to write a phone directory". I just learned today that "Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours" was co-written by Jessee Liberty, one of my all-time favorite technical book writers. "Programming C#, 2nd Edition" was a great book. I loved tech stores too. I still have all of the Apple pamphlets…
……打下的基础帮我更快地学会了其他语言。虽然问题问的是“只学一种”，我不太确定 C 或 C++ 是不是适合作为“唯一”静态类型语言的好选择。[1] 用的是《Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours》，我当年在实体书店买的，还附带了一张 Borland C 编译器的光盘 :)……啊，真怀念。
…foundation that has helped me learn other languages much more quickly. Although the question is for learning "only one" and I'm not sure C or C++ is a great "only" static typed language. [1] using "Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours" which I got in an actual bookstore and came with a copy of the Borland C compiler :)... ah the memories.
1999 年我在 CompUSA 买了一本《Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours》。收银员看了一眼，笑出声来，然后跟我说了这篇文章。我 16 岁那年在 Borders 书店看编程书，有个人递给我一本《The C…
I bought a copy of "Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours" at a CompUSA in 1999. The guy at the checkout looked at it, laughed, and told me about this article. When I was 16 I was looking at programming books at Borders and a guy handed me a copy of "The C…
>> 1999 年我在 CompUSA 买了一本《Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours》 那类书里有些烂得可笑。但我怀念当年的那种感觉：总觉得那本书就是能让你动手去实现脑子里任何疯狂想法的钥匙……
>> I bought a copy of "Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours" at a CompUSA Some of those books were laughably bad. But thing I miss from back then, was the feeling that the book was going to be the key to getting you started writing whatever crazy idea you had…
……我在课堂 show and tell 环节展示之后，老师不相信这是我自己做的，她还真给我爸妈打电话说这孩子太厉害了。后来我通过一本盗版《Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours》[2]、一本我在 Goodwill 淘来配合盗版 Flash MX 2004 用的 ActionScript 书，以及有一年生日收到的 C++ 书，正式跨入了编程的大门。我后来在搞软件这块也慢慢算得上得心应手了……
…did this by myself after I presented it to class for show and tell, and she actually called my parents to tell them how impressed she was. Later I got into proper programming with a bootleg copy of "Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours" [2], a book on ActionScript I had found at Goodwill to use with a pirated copy of Flash MX 2004, and a C++ book that I got for my birthday one year. I eventually became reasonably ok at software stuff…
……电话簿。”我一点没被影响。我记得后来有人问我是不是准备写个游戏。我就一脸茫然地看着他们说：“我要写个电话簿”。我今天才知道《Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours》是 Jesse Liberty 参与合写的，他是我一直以来最喜欢的技术书作者之一。《Programming C#, 2nd Edition》也是本神书。我也很喜欢逛数码科技店。我至今还留着苹果的所有宣传册……
…directory." Didn't phase me. I remember someone asking me later on if I was going to write a game. I just looked at them blankly and said: "I'm going to write a phone directory". I just learned today that "Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours" was co-written by Jessee Liberty, one of my all-time favorite technical book writers. "Programming C#, 2nd Edition" was a great book. I loved tech stores too. I still have all of the Apple pamphlets…
……打下的基础帮我更快地学会了其他语言。虽然问题问的是“只学一种”，我不太确定 C 或 C++ 是不是适合作为“唯一”静态类型语言的好选择。[1] 用的是《Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours》，我当年在实体书店买的，还附带了一张 Borland C 编译器的光盘 :)……啊，真怀念。
…foundation that has helped me learn other languages much more quickly. Although the question is for learning "only one" and I'm not sure C or C++ is a great "only" static typed language. [1] using "Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours" which I got in an actual bookstore and came with a copy of the Borland C compiler :)... ah the memories.
我也是。当年要是有本比《Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours》或者类似的什么书更好的教材，我说不定早成个像样的程序员了。
Me too. If only I had a better book than Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours or whatever, I might've been a decent programmer.
1999 年我在 CompUSA 买了一本《Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours》。收银员看了一眼，笑出声来，然后跟我说了这篇文章。我 16 岁那年在 Borders 书店看编程书，有个人递给我一本《The C…
I bought a copy of "Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours" at a CompUSA in 1999. The guy at the checkout looked at it, laughed, and told me about this article. When I was 16 I was looking at programming books at Borders and a guy handed me a copy of "The C…
>> 1999 年我在 CompUSA 买了一本《Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours》 那类书里有些烂得可笑。但我怀念当年的那种感觉：总觉得那本书就是能让你动手去实现脑子里任何疯狂想法的钥匙……
>> I bought a copy of "Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours" at a CompUSA Some of those books were laughably bad. But thing I miss from back then, was the feeling that the book was going to be the key to getting you started writing whatever crazy idea you had…
……我在课堂 show and tell 环节展示之后，老师不相信这是我自己做的，她还真给我爸妈打电话说这孩子太厉害了。后来我通过一本盗版《Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours》[2]、一本我在 Goodwill 淘来配合盗版 Flash MX 2004 用的 ActionScript 书，以及有一年生日收到的 C++ 书，正式跨入了编程的大门。我后来在搞软件这块也慢慢算得上得心应手了……
…did this by myself after I presented it to class for show and tell, and she actually called my parents to tell them how impressed she was. Later I got into proper programming with a bootleg copy of "Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours" [2], a book on ActionScript I had found at Goodwill to use with a pirated copy of Flash MX 2004, and a C++ book that I got for my birthday one year. I eventually became reasonably ok at software stuff…